Flagstaff



(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1.

T. J. MURRY.

FLAGSTAFP.

Patented Sept. 18

(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

T. J. MURR'AY.

PLAGSTAEF Patented Sept. 18 1894.

UNIIED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

TIMOTHY J MURRAY, F COVINGTON, INDIANA.

FLAGSTAFF.

SPEGIFCAIION forming part of Letters Patent No. 526,253, dated September 18, 1894.

Application filed June 15,1894. sefi 1 No. 514,682. (No modal.)

Ta allwhom it may concern:

Be it knownthatI, TIMOTHY J. MURRAY, a citizen of the United States, residing at 00vington, in the county of Fountain and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvemcnts in Sectional Tubular Iron Flagstafis and Braces or Supports Therefor; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to use the same.

This inventionrelates to certain new and useful improvements in sectional tubular fiag staiIs and braces orsupports therefor, and it consists substantially in such features et construction, arrangement, and combinations of parts as Will 'hereinafter be more particularly described.

The object of the invention is to provide a sectional tubular flag-staff, capable of being taken apart and readily put together; and also to thereby enable the same to be run up or extended to any height desired.

The invention has for its further object to provide a simple and effective brace or support for flag-staffs, and one which permits of the ready removal of the staff when necessary, and which also firmly retains the staff in place against any force whether elementary or otherwise.

A fnrther object of the invention is to provide a brace or support for flagstaffs Which is adaptable or conformable to the roofs of bouses of varying inclinations or pitch.

A still further object is to provide a brace or support for flagstaffs which is cheap in cost and composed of comparatively few parts, and one also which can be readily put together and again taken apart.

Theabove objects I-attain by the means illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side view of the upper part 01: the roof of a houseof gable:shape,and representing thereon a fiagstaff as braced or sup' ported in accordancewith my invention. Fig

2 is a front elevation of thesame. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view, enlarged, of the tubular sectional fiag-staff, togetl1erwith the brace, showing means for adj ustingthe latter vertically; and also showing the saddle or base piece upon which the lower end of the flagstaff fits or rests. Fig. 4 is aperspective view of a clamp which embraces the staff; and Fig. 5 is a transverse sectional view thereof taken about centrally. Fig. 6 is adeall of the. same or equal diameter to produce a perfectly straight staff throughout. It has been quite difficult in many instances hereend; although if desired the sections may be tofore to firmly mount a fiag-staff in position on the apex or edge of a gable-shaped or slanting roof, it being usual at all cimes to construct the bracing or support in the best manner known at the time, andwith roofs of different slant or slopc, a different kind of support or bracing is necessary in each particu lar instance; and then,too, after the bracing or support has been erected it is generally necessary to take down the entire structure in orderto remove the staff Whenever desired. With my invention this is not necessary, as I Will now proeeed to describe.

In the drawings 1 represents the roof of a house or public building, which is slanting or gable-shaped at the point where -it is desirable tomount a flag-staff, and 2 represents the flag-staff. Preferably this staff is holiow as shown at 3, and made up of different sections et, b, c,which are screw threaded at their adjacent ends for a short distance and are received into correspondingly screw-threaded sleeves or couplings 4, the said sections each being preferably slightly tapering in form so as to produce a staff gradually diminishing or tapering toward the top, the larger end thereof being at the bottom. In order that the said staff be properly supported at the bottom I employ a saddle 5 which fits or embraces the. upperedge of the roof so that the two sides or wings 6, 6, thereof will rost fiat against oither side of said roof. This saddle is formed or provided With an upwardly projecting conical portion 7, over which the lower end of the flag-staff is placed, and the two wings of the saddle are secured to the roof by mails or rivets 8, or in any other suitable manner. Of course when employod upon a fiat roof the said aides or wings of the saddle will be straightened ont fiat so as to rest firmly and evonly upon the roof to which it I have shown however is that which is pro- 4 ferrod horein.

The uppor end of the stafi may be providod With a weathorcock or any suitablo ornament, and it is also provided With the usual pulloy 9 and rope 10 for elevating and loworing the flag 12, the said rope passing boneath and over additional pulleys 13, 14:, secured upon the roof of the bouse, and hanging down Within convenient reach of the oporator.

A ropresonts as a whole my improved clamp for embracing the staff, the same being constituted of a main part 15 having a central outwardly curved or bout section 16, which on its inner or concaved face 16 is slightly inclined or taporing at 15 in conformity to the shape of the side or half of the staff which it embracos; and a supplemontal part 17 also having a corresponding outwardly curved or bout section 18 which is also inclined or tapering on its inner surface at 19 to fit the other side or half of the staff. Those two parts are constructed that their curved sections 16 and 18 will complotoly embrace the stafi at a point say three or four foot from the bottom,or even higher or lower, so as to have the horizontal portions como togethor and be joinod and held by the bolts 20, the ends 20 of the main part 15 extending beyond the ends of the supplemontal part, as shown. If, howeVer, the pitch or slant of the roof should requiro that the staff bo ombracod by the clamp at a point lower down, thon blocks or fillors' 21 (sec Fig. 7) are placed or insertod lootween the straight sidos of the main and supplomontal parts, and in this way the clamp oan be made to tightly ombrace the staff at any point Within a roasonablo hoight.

The braces or uprights are indicated at 22, and the upper ends theroof it will be seen are attached by bolts 23 to the projecting ends 20 of the main part 15 of the clamp soas to be flush or evon With the shorter ends of the supplemontal part 17. Those braces or supports can be swung outward upon the bolts to almost any angle or inclination dosired, and the lower ends thoreof are shaped into or formed With foot 24: which rest upon the sides of the roof to which thoy are firmly secured in any snitable manner. With a fiat roof said foot will of course be made to stand straight ont.

From the above it will be seen that when it is, dosirable to remove the staff for any purpacking for shipmont, transportation, 850. is in liko manner secured. Tho construction 1 In some instances it is desirableto arrange the position of the clamp parallol With the edge of the roof, in which case I insert the foot 24 of the braces into metal shoes 30 which are formed like the saddle s0 as to fit the roof, and in this way also am I enablod t0 socure equally as secnre and firm a bracing or support as in the first instance described.

In order not to have to remove the clamp and move it np or down on the staff in conformity With the varying pitchos or slants of different roofs I preferably in some instances form the braces or uprights in two parts and provide oach part thereof With corresponding oponings 32, to receive tightoning bolts and nuts 35, by which they are held togother. In this way the said braces can be adjusted or longthened out and which, as statod, will obviate the ncessity in many instances of detaching or unfastening the clamp from the staff.

I claim 1. In a support or bracing for flag-stafls, the combination of a hollow flagstafi made in sections and j oined together, a saddle having a projocting portion over which the lower end of the staff fits or rests, the clamp ombracing the staff and formed of a main part having acentral outwardly curvod section inclined and concave on its inner surface, and a supplemental shorter part correspondingly formed at its central portion and romovably attached to said main part, uprights having theirupper ends secured to the projecting ends of said main part flush With the said supplemontal part, and formed at their lower ends With foot,

and shoes into which said foot are secured and hold, substantially as described.

2. In a support or bracing for flag-staffs, the combination of a hollow fla,,-staff made IOO ing the stai and formed of a main part havin ga central outwardlycurved section inclined and concave on its inner surface, and a supplemontal shortor part correspondihgly formed at its central portion and romovably attached to said main part, uprights having their nppor ends secured to the projecting ends of said main part flush With the said supplemontal part, and formed at their lower ends With foot, and shoes into which said foot aro secured and held, said uprights boing formed With corrosponding openings and united by bolts and nuts, substantially as described.

3. In a support or bracng for flagstaffis, the combnacion of a ho1low fiag-Staffi made in sections and joined together, a saddle having conical projecting portion over which the lower and of the staff fits or rests,a. two part clamp embracng the stafi at a suitable height, uprights havin'g foot at their lower ends, and

TIMOTHY J. MURRY. Witn esses J OSIAH C. GOODING{ MURPHY LEWIS. 

